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As part of their nationwide campaign against an Israeli arms manufacturer, pro-Palestine activists in the UK have staged a protest outside the company’s plant in the borough of Oldham.
Palestine Action, a London-based pro-Palestine advocacy group, shared a series of tweets showing masked activists standing on the roof of the Israeli arms factory on Monday, holding ‘Shut down Elbit’ banners.
They announced that they had taken to the roof of Israel’s arms factory in Oldham “once more”, spraying it with fire extinguishers, and “laying bare the profits of a military occupation and extinguishing Elbit through direct action”.
We’ve taken to the roof of Israel’s arms factory in #Oldham once more, spraying it blood red with fire extinguishers, laying bare the profits of a military occupation and extinguishing Elbit through direct action.
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) August 23, 2021
In another tweet, the group said they had “blockaded” the gates of the Israeli arms factory in Oldham by vehicles, and halted its “deadly production line”.
“The roof’s ours,” it declared.
One of the pictures showed an activist sitting on the roof, with clenched fist. The caption read: “They may try to lock us up in chains but we’ll always keep coming back and taking the fight to Elbit to tear apart their links in Israel’s killer supply chain.”
They may try to lock us up in chains but we’ll always keep coming back and taking the fight to Elbit to tear apart their links in Israel’s killer supply chain.
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) August 23, 2021
In a statement published on its website, Palestine Action said the move comes “as Israel continues to raid Palestinian communities in Gaza and the West Bank while brutalizing civilians, using UK-manufactured weapons and technologies produced by firms such as Elbit Systems.”
It said the Oldham arms factory is used for the “production of a range of specialist weapons technologies, including components for Israeli drones and battle tanks.”
“The activists currently occupying the Elbit Ferranti factory have once again shown the power of direct action against Israeli oppression. While Western governments continue to side with the oppressors, and while media attention in Palestinian suffering has dwindled, Palestinians are still exposed to daily brutality, starvation, apartheid and death. These activists are bravely standing against this injustice – and we will continue to do so until Elbit is shut down,” the statement quoted the spokesman as saying.
